Jonathan Heatt's Blog: Teaching Snapping Turtles - Posts Tagged "books"

Once I finish writing my book Teaching Las Vegas I'm creating a website start-up company. Until then I write blogs pointing out the obvious flaws in other websites so I don't make the same mistakes. Let's start with Amazon.

I'm an author who publishes ebooks and print books on Amazon. I admire their adherence to freedom of speech, yet they lack any sort of rational book review structure. They allow fake reviews. It's hard enough to sell books, but it becomes impossible when Amazon allows fake negative reviews.

For example, my book AnonMan was bombarded with fake reviews from a cyber bully who scammed me on eBay. The psycho stalker threatened me that he would get everyone he knew to leave me bad reviews. And for what? Because he scammed me on eBay for a Silkk the Shocker CD and when I reported him he did a quick Google search on my name then left me negative reviews. This is a clear example of Cyber Bullying. And it hurts the chances of my book being sold, and be put into libraries. Amazon should consider some guideline changes to thwart Cyber Bullying of this sort. Shouldn't only verified purchasers of the book be allowed to leave reviews?

I contacted Amazon customer service reps and they deleted the first negative review, but wouldn't remove his second review. Amazon allows reviews by people who are not verified purchasers. This seems counter-productive to sell products, especially when my book is only available on Amazon.

To make matters worse, my Mom bought my book and tried to leave a review, but they removed it because of "bias". She bought that right! But a cyber bully who didn't buy the book can post a fake review?

For real, Amazon? Is this the policy? Buy a book, and be banned from leaving a review, but let some fake creep post a bogus review?

AnonMan is a tight book, I don't need any reviews because I will continue to write books, but it's only good business practice to let verified purchasers to leave reviews. So what if my Mom wanted to leave a review? She spent money on your website!! Isn't that the point?

Without a change in guidelines Amazon book reviews will become just another outlet for deranged anonymous individuals to scrawl their hateful graffiti...which is what most of the internet is now.

I'm developing my own style/genre of writing tentatively called The Illogical School of Irrationality. I got the idea thinking about AI and how people are now using AI to write books. The only things that will separate original writers from the AI crap are humor and poetry, the more illogical or irrational the better. AI cannot duplicate those unique traits that only come from the human mind. On a philosophical level, we live in a chaotic world rife with corruption and evil, so thinking opposite of that is a rejection of such a world and yearning for a better one. We are constantly besieged by mind-control methods of propagandized politics, mass media, putrid pop culture, and ad-induced materialism that tell us what to think. To be illogical today is a badge of honor. Historically, rationality has been weaponized. Why did people freely follow orders and march into concentration camps during WWII? Because "authorities" told them to and it was the rational and logical thing to do. Why do people today take the MRNA vaccines and boosters when they clearly don't work and cause heart issues? Because the authorities said so and it is the logical and rational thing to do. Why do people pay taxes and not revolt? Because authorities say so and it is logical and rational to pay even though we have no say where the money goes. So I'm starting my own style of writing that is opposite of that, hence the name The Illogical School of Irrationality. It probably won't win me any publishing deals, but it's rejuvenated my writing. Highway of Tears is my next horror novel, so it will be more conventional, but my next poetry book will be the first official book written in that style.

To the manipulated masses it seems perfectly rational to follow the experts, who are really Judas Goats leading them to authoritative prisons. Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Zuckerberg are just a few, yet they follow orders like me and you. Bankers and Industrialists dictate the news. Lies are what they spew. I thought you knew?

I will be signing and selling books at the Las Vegas Library Holiday Book Fair on Saturday, November 4th between 10-1PM.

All 6 of my paperbacks will be available, including Reflections of Darkness, AnonMan, and Silver Fang.

This event will take place at the Enterprise Library. See the link for more details:

https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/even...

I will be signing books at the 2025 Las Vegas Authors and Artists Fair at the Clark County Library on Saturday, January 25th between 12:30-2:30:

https://events.thelibrarydistrict.org...

All 6 of my paperbacks will be on sale, including Reflections of Darkness, AnonMan, and Silver Fang.

Buy 4 books, get 1 free! Hope to see you there.